The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex), Vol. 27, No. 51, Ed. 1, Thursday, December 17, 1936 Page: 13
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Volunfe 27
More thnn 100 men including
farmers business men and others
attended a meeting in Tulia li8t
Monday nlRht which was called
by Judge n 0 McCasland lor the
purnnsa of dlseusBlng plana desired
by Swisher county for the federal
setup for 1937
After a thorough discussion of
he benefits to this area of conserved
water impounded in lakes
and along stream beds by means
of dams resolutions wero drawn
up for presentation to the body
that will meet In Amarlllo next
Saturday at 10 oclock a m
The prevailing opinion of
national law makers from this
section of Texns Is that water
conservation will he one of the
major Issues affecting the Plains
country to come before the regular
session of Congress opening
January 5
President Knosevelt has summoned
members of congress who
aro members of the agricultural
committee to meet him in
Washington I C this week end
to arrange details of what he
terms a complete roundedout I
farm progrim which he feels confident
will be approved by tho coming
session
This committee leels that aside
from aid in the water and soil
conservation program the major
Plank needed to complete the
farm program Is some sort of a j
solution of the farm tenancy
problem enabling farmers to
acquire land on a longterm basis
with low Interest rates
Judge McCasland was named
to represent Swisher county in the
Amarlllo meeting Saturday and
pome 11 men agreed to go and
take other interested farmers along
to attend this district meeting
SOME SMALL EMPLOYERS
HAVE NOT REPORTED
The Social Security Hoard today
certified to the Treasury Department
a grant of 735000 to the
State of Texas to bo used to match
state assistance grants to the
needy aged during the month of
December It was announced today
by Oscar M Powell Regional
Director
Phe amount Included a grant to
cover administrative expenses of
the Texas Old Ago Assistance
Commission during December
Powell said
Social Security
Some small employers have felt
that they aro not required to fill
out form SS4 of the Social Security
Hoard because they have
less than eight employees The
fact is of course that every employer
who had one or more persons
lesBs thnn 65 years old on
November 1G 19 iG In any but the
specified exempted employments
is REQUIRED to fill out this format
once
Tho local postmaster is instructed
to submit names of nil employers
who aro delinquent
UNION HILL SERVICES
Tho school and churches of Union
Hill will join in n special service
of worship around tho Christians
thomo at tho church at Union
Hill next Sunday afternoon at
3 oclock with special music included
in the service
Rev J Hoytt RoleB will bring
the Christmas message Everyone
is invited to attend this special
sent JO
7
V8 BL
BLUEDONNET CAFE
J IJ Scott rocently of Hamlin
Texas has purchased the Blue
Dounett Cafe from Aubrey George
and took possession last week
Mr Scott has done considerable
lemodellBKpalntitig and ir icor
atlng and has thepace spick and
span and Is servlnc well cooked
and attractive meals and short
orders
Mr Scott is a brothor of Mrs
P D Piorson and Btates that lie
likes Tulia and expects to make
tliis his Mturo homo Ho will appreciate
It If you will call at his
placo of business nnd glvo him a
trial Ho fjuarantees satisfaction
THE TULIA HERALD
If you would have your Christmas
cards delivered promptly and
at the same time save money Just
heed the following Instructions glv1
on out by W A Graham loctil
postmaster
Seal cards that arc to be delivered
at the office of mailing and
put on a onecent stamp
Cards for delivery front otbei
office than that where mailed
should be unsealed If you do not
want to pay three cents Unsealed
these will be sent for one and one1
half cents
Do not write a message on
Christmas cards unless you want
to pay 3 cents first class mail
however a brief message ns Merry
Christmas or Happy New
Year and your name may be written
without making It first class
Sealed with a message other
than above makes It first class
and requires first class mall and
must bear postage as follows 1
cent per ounce on matter to be
delivered from the local office 1
cents per ounce on a route out of
the local office and cuts per
ounce where it passes to another
postoFflce
Local FFA Boys Win
In Poultry Show
Five Tulia FFA boys entered 27
birds in the Hereford Poultry
Show last week and made a fine
showing with open competition i
from all parts of tho Southwest I
These boys ale to be eongratul
ated upon their Interest In better
poultry Among the boys competing
were Delbert Devlu Will F Cra
ham Wayno Coats Wat Mayo and
Edwin Damson
Federal Funds Are Sent to
Texas for Pension Payments
Choir In Charge Of
Services Sunday
Next Sunday the Piesbytcrian
Church choir will have charge of
tho morning worship hour with
the singing of a Christmas Cantata
interspersed with messages
by the pastor
Vestments will be worn nt this
i time by members of the choir and
special solos and duets will fen
tare the cantata Every member
i and friends of tho church are invited
to attend this Christmas serviceThe Evening service will be tak
j en over by the Intermediates and
j the young people who will give
ja Christmas Pageant The Puppet
1 Show In tableau
I You are warned to come enrly
I if you want a seat at this service
Sunday night
I o
MAJOR BEVERLY VISITS
1 IN THE DUKE HOME
Major Ceo Hoverly of the U S
Army Air Service stationed in tho
Panama Canal Zone visited last
Thursday In the homo of Mr and
Mrs C E Duke parents of Mrs
Hoverly
The Major had been to Washington
D C and Virginia whoro
ho received two now planes for
use In tho Canal Zone
Tho Rovorlys will leave tho
Zone about May 1 when Mr Beverly
will be granted a three months
lenvo of nbsenco then to report
at Fort Leavenworth Kansas for
a nine months school of instruction
for army officers
REVIVAL IN PROGRESS
The revlvnl nt the Assembly of
God Church ot Vigo Pork is on
with much Interest created Sister
Clonnch is doing the preaching
assisted by her sister both
using tho Word of God in reality
Good singing special music each
night and spiritual preaching is
hoard at overy meeting The congregation
expects tho power of
God to bo made manifest and Invites
everyone to attend and worship
with them every night at 715
oclock
Mrs Jewel Avont was n business
visitor In Amnrlllo Inst Monday
Tulia Swisher County Texas December 17 1936
HIGHWAY 86 MEET IN TULIA I
Swisher Turkey
Growers Win Big
Prizes In Show
Swisher County Turkey Growers
won 8200 In prizes at the recent
turkey show at Plalnvlew in competition
with 700 dressed turkeys
from all over the South Plains
area The champion turkey of the
show u young loin was exhibited
by Mitchell of Sunnyslde Wash- >
Ington
Swleher county winners Include
the following j
Peter Harbinn 5th young torn
100
Mrs M C Vineyard Glh young
torn 100
Hun Wllcinan Slh young torn
100
Hen Wiloninn lib young hen
2 00
Cecil Simpson Rid old hen
ioo
Mrs C 1 Elkins 1th old hen
2 00
Hen Wlleinan 2nd on box 10
young tonus 17HO
Mrs M C Vlneyaid till on box
11 young toins 12fi0
Mr and Mrs H F Kinney 6th
on box 10 young toms 750
Hen Wileiiinn Ith on bo S young
liens 1250
Live Turkeys
Mr and Mrs M Vineyard
won 1st on young Nnrngansott
heni00
1st on trio Naragiinsetts 100
In addition Swisher county won
1500 on 2nd place
Prizes going to Swisher county
total 8200
Turkeys Sold At Auction
The 700 turkeys exhibited were
sold at auction tho second day of
the show The average price was
22c for the 700 The show was declared
a success especially from
an educational standpoint In
turkey demonstrators This year
turkey demonstrators had 9G turkey
hens among 7 turkey growers
381 have been selected and tested
for Pullorum among 15 turkey
demonstrators This is almost
2859r Increase over last year Turkey
eggs will be sold nt a price
of Mc Ik otfered for the first few
months next spring
Baptist Choir In
Yuletide Cantata
Next Sunday evening at 7If
lUKAU UA EARLY
NEXT WEEK
Heeuiibc of the Christmas holl
days and to get the merchants
advertisement messages to tho
trade territory before Christmas
day The Herald will be published
a day early next week
In order to accomplish this
we must have the cooperation
of the uierchnnls our cones
pondents ami contributors
Please send us your news
Items on Monday If nt all possible
otherwise we cannot Insure
them getting in this issue
Merchants are respectfully urged
to prepare their advs on Monday
so wo can get the paper to
the whole territory before the
holidays Thank you
Kiwanis To Give
Food To The Poor
PiiMileiii IaVi lie piiHtdcd at
the luiu hein last Tuesday for the
first time since his installation ns
picHidciu of the club and one of
his tlrst oillclal acts was that of
appointing a committee to seel out
the needy In Tulia and prepare
baskets of food lo piiseni them
for Christmas
On this committee he named
Sam A Thomas J Hoytt Holes
and H C McCasland They were
empowered to name any Kiwnn
Inn to assist them In their mission
of mercy
The club decided at this luiiih
eon to resume the practice of visiting
neighboring communities with
a suitable program to be given
at the community which invites
them It was also decided to ask
the committee in charge to ar
con ri1K < with Vigo Park Wayside
nectlon with turkeys a big Increase and Sun Jacinto schools for pro
in breeding turkey hens has boon mams as soon ns possible
retained by 15 Swisher County More than thirty members woie <
present at the meeting last Tuesday
noon nearlng the 100 per cent
attendauct mark
o
Upward Trend In
Both Freight And
of deficient ihoIh
Local Boy Honored
ralns IulinK
Outstanding1 Work 10 v un t0 ° ml < t0 u of eh
Roy Harrow I H club worker
who recently returned from a free
trip to Chicago along with 18
other outstanding Texas club hoys
who were guests of the Santa Fo
Railroad officials waB given a
beautiful gold medal on a watch
fob on which was Inscribed For
Outstanding Club Work
o
ATTEND SILVERTON MEET
benefit to nny crops except feed
for livestock West of the Rocky
Mountains agricultural conditions
have been on tho whole satisfactory
The increase in travel has
been due to the attractiveness of
airconditioned cars faster service
and low fares coupled with tho
improved financial status of the
gonoral public
Piospects for tho coming year
are favorable A large acreage of
winter wheat has been planted
nnd much of it is lo good
Mrs T M Nichols and Mrs F up n
P Englemnn aro to be guests of stand In Western Kansas and tho
tho Sllvorton Harmony Club nt djoinlng territory timely rains
their annual club luncheon tomor > naw will be needed ns that
row afternoon Continued on local page
Farm Problems Are Prominent Farmer
Talked At Ft Worth Dies In Dallas Tex
Annual Meeting
Wllltam cmf0Ill IIbarti 0 IM
j By Chas Herring nt a hospital In Dallns last Frl
J j day December 11 following an
The annual convention or the Illness of more than a years duro
Texas Agricultural Association
I was held at Fort Worth Dec 21 hIh body was brought to Tulia
and 4 lloyd Dawson Henry and funeral services were held nt
Hayes and Charles Herring were the Methodist Church where ho
to the convention by the j was n consecrated member and an
wisher County Agricultural Asactive worker Last rites wero
isoclatlon 1111 Edwards reprosont1 sopken by the pastor Hov Sam
ed the Tulia Wheal Growers Inc j A Thomas assisted by Hov A
iat the Cooperative Council C Huff pastor of the local Hap
Ing held In connection with tho i tlst Church Rev 1 Hoytt Holes
1 convention pastor of the Presbyterian Church
The outstanding speaker of the and Rev J It Hicks of Canyon
convention was Senator Tom Con Tm nm If fnillH
ually who explained somV o the at the funeral and tho
farm legislation which would boj lovly floml tlI > iitoM attested to
considered at the next Congress christian
Wll lM and as
lie slated that one of the most niKiiiicM who was over roodv
Mini niioMtlonH confronting Amor
t1 m1 mn > fo
uan Agriculture til the present
time is the problem of farmten
nicy Farm tenancy In Texas
lie stated has Increased from
i7fi7f In 1S80 to 57 In KlUfi
Approximately 70 of farms In
Tevns classified as specialised cotton
farms were operated by tenants
in 1K5 He said that the
farm census taken In lllfi showed
50 of the tenants tho statu
Pioneer Farmer
Dies December 12
M P Maniiin 78 died at his
home three miles west of town
lust Satutdny morning December
12 following an Illness of about
ten days
Ills only living child a laugh
body was prepared for shipment
but Mr Maupln hud remained hero
Church according to announcement Another season Hnturdiv
made by the pastor Rev A C tore east of the Rocky Mountains
Huff who states that the cantata curtailed such crops as grain cot
will be under the direction of Mr ton nnd liny liowovor pricesfor
Itlenienschnelder Everyone is Hicho and other farm products
cordially invited to attend this have impioved Ilv stock Is doing
service stated itev Huff well Drought conditions in con
o siderable areas of the southwest
Mr Maupln enjoyed the icsicct
and friendship of all who knew
111 in and was a devout Chrlsti u
He was clerk or the local congregation
and by his dally life he
had endeared himself to many
citizens of this who
community
were largely relieved by he ivy he1
w daughter
tK f > a fa °
ry
I loss of such fine
a man
Survivors Include only the
daughter Mrs Mary McCIniiahan
1 her family
Rev McCarty was assisted it
tho funornl service by Rov
Air Hllbert was a native Texan
having been born iimir Joy Texas
In Clay County While only a child
his mother died and In later years
Ills father also passed away Ho
over hail lived on the farm then < resident of Sv labor
on far less than one year and county for about 10 years and was
that so long as this situation
Continued on back page
married to Miss Irene Hall
Survivors Include his widow one
sister three hi others and a host
of other relatives and friends who
mourn bis untimely passing
Local Boys Attend
State Band Clinic
Accompanied by their band Instructor
Mr Rlemouschnelder
j eight members of the Tulia School
I ter Mrs Mnry McClanahnn of Hand went to Lubbock last Friday
Crutchfleld Kentucky wns at his to attend a state band clinic which
i bidslde at the time of his death i was In session Friday and Sntur
Funeral services were conducted day December 11 and 12
at tho family home last Sunday Mr tlmii 100 band leaders of
afternoon December 13 by Rev iKh school bands were in attend
U J McCarty pastor of the Primitive
Kaptist Church of which Mr
Maupln was one of the lending
members of the Tulia chinch
Following funeral services the
mice members of school bauds
swelled the attendance to more
than 500 slated Mi Rleiuen
schnelder
Members of the Tulia baud at
tending the clinic both days Indud
FFA Will Sponsor Poultry Show
Slated for January 7th 8th and 9th
A lively meeting was held at
the Tulia High School last Friday
night and plans wero made
for a countywide Poultry show to
bo hold in Tulln January 7 8
and 9
Tho show is sponsored by the
local FKA hoys organization and
boosted by all merchants dads
nnd farmers of this section
Mr Van Zandt vocational teacher
in tho Tulia schools was named
assistant managor to help Emmett
LnRoe who was solected as
mannger of tho show
The show will be open to all
breeders of exhibition birds but
an entrnnco fee of 10 cents per
bird will be collected to holp in
defraying expenses of the show
A finance committee to solicit
monoy for the prizes was named
The committee is composed of
Emmett LaRoe Odell Dice Frank
Tiroy and Russell Poguo
Tho coming show hns already
attracted many poultry fanciers
and tho FFA boys and sponsor
feel that this will bo tko most
Iuccessfttl poultry show ever held
In Tulia
Among the many Interested men
whonttendod the meeting last
Friday night were Emmett LaRoe
Calvin Maynard 8 J Payne J P
Sharp George Hipp I C Sprugue
J R Poguo W A Graham Mr
Stnpp 1 H Turney R I Dawson
and 8 H Rraloy
Mr S J Payne made an interesting
talk concerning tho show
and tho importance of more and
better lvotiltry and tho group waB
entertained by a musical trio
given by tho Sharp boys
i Mrs J Ross Noland sang a vocal ltilm > > U Iluinvlew with
I solo
I Active pall bearers Included Del
I bert HIvens Put ODaulel liny
nivens Tom Parker Oscar Cun
wen settled
Number 51
T ENTHUSIASTIC
Water Conservation Wanted In PanhandlePlains Area
Meeting In Tulia Prompt Delivery
Wag Well Attended Christmas Cards
Delegation Sent
Interview State
Highway Board
BODY WILL ASK FOR EARLY
COMPLETION OF ROUTE
Nearly a hundred pcisonx from
four counties consisting of mem
la rs of commissioners courts
business and professional men and
fanners attended a very cnthunla
tic meeting of highway Rfi association
In the courthouse In Tulia last
Tuesday afternoon
Andrew Acker commissioner of
Castro county and president of
thi association presided at tho
meeting and Introduced the
various speakers on tho program
Tho purpose of the meotlng was
to Increase enthusiasm for the
completion of highway SO from
Kstolllne to tho Intersection of
highway GO at or near llnvlnn In
Parmer county
Delegations were present at this
meeting from Hrlscoe Swisher
Castro and Armstrong counties A
lepresentntlve from Parmer Co
sent regrets that a delegation
chinch the community and the
0 rwnt because of
county in which he lived illness
Interment was made in Hose Dclenatlons present
Hill eonictoiy under the direction Swisher county had the Lu est
ol the Ramsey Funeral Home representation Hrlscoe followed
wiili 17 men present Castro had I
picHent and Wayside in Armstrong
county hud three delegates
Among he speakers on the
program were Indue McCasliid
who hud drawn a large map MowIng
the present highways navd
and unpaved from Farwell i
The Judge pointed out that
traffic moving east and wot wii
compelled to travel many mlnn
out of the way In order tu get
from Farwell to points In southern
Oklahoma and East Texas In
order to stay on hard surfaced
highways lie showed the value o
the traveling public and tho
counties touched by the proposed
hind surfaced No Sti almost
straight east and west through
Continued mi local page
o
Congratulations
Horn to Mr and Mrs
C A llolcomli Novembei 12 a
boy Hobble Charles
J C Maloiie November 11 n
boy Jlinmle Carl
C C Elllff Deceinbm 1 a
girl Holly Grace
Hotmail Ely December a wirl
Fiances Ann
Passenger Travel HHniTKnSSI wm r > <
lh Ilxlor Koy ° H > f a girl Harhari Joan
burial l he a II I HI
A general upward trend In both SLthHVuoimnri HHH c lH T December a
w ir n si win noons oi ins who i
K
and traffic in Spoiihnlt and Italph Daniel
freight passenger
tenltory served by tho Santa Fe
has marked the present year Var
linvo contributed to
ious factors
Mr Maupln came to Swisher conn
this Industries such as building 1
i
oclock Yuletide Memories will mining oil lumber and nianufa
be piesented at the First Dnptist tilling have become moio active
one son
Willie and throe daugh
ters
Accoinpi ied
by his sen Willie
j ty from Kentucky In 1907 the son
passed away a few years later
Mr McAlister band expert Irom
Juliet IIIIiioIh conducted the clinic
and worked with band membi is
on contest numbers
linj Phillip Holier
J E Ewillg December IS
hov Donald Eugene
Leonard iruhh December
hov Leonard Nm wood
11 a
rsstmas rrogram
Will Be Held Next Saturday
HiPlains Turkey
Group In Session
The annual meeting of the III
j > i Plains Turkey Improvement Asso
Hoytt Holes and Rev A C Huff waH l > giess ycHteiduy
I ollowln out tin plans iiiign
lilted eClltl > tin Tulia llmiimn
anil Professional mens < > suntza
lion will again be hosts tn tho
clllzeiiK of the HChool dislmW or
this aiea net Satuiday stated <
W McFarllng Jr manager if tin
s of Programs which will
Hi w lib the big program Hun
grow is and executheH of t or
luy chr8tnas Evo
guuizutlou starting ofl with n ban 1 Wljl
allnilco wl s
plot at the Hilton Hotel uiday was all that could be ex
Plans for expansion of the till pi ited for the first program In
key and Ernest Rice Included in key hatchery were discussed ud Mentions point to a better pn > ram
the honoraiy pall bearers were A I future policies uf the hatchery and blggei crowds Saturday of
J Harris Albert Hivens J C
Cowan f L Cooper J D Vaughn
J A Hutchison 0 C Hutchison
J I Cantroll W K Griffin R
Olennln J Ross Noland and
J D Cleveland
this week
Among the Swisher delegation Every school visited by Mr Mc
piesent were P C Colgln county Furling Is urged to be present nnxt
agent J W Evans assistant Saturday 100 per cent and regis
agent Mr and Mrs O I Elkinrt tratloim must be made at ih liif
Mr and Mis M Vineyard N Haidwaio and the Childress Plumb
C Paulson Mr and Mrs A C Mug and Electric sioies
Juleh and Hob Frnucy j u wjl imilHy for y0tlr
o community If you attend theso
County Agents In Piograms lOO per cent You will
1 also be in line for the capital
District Meeting prizes Saturday December 1 even
P C
tended
Agents
Colgln County Agent at
a mooting of County
and Homo Demonstration
Agents and Extoi on Workers at
Sweetwater last week Some two1
hundred agents wore present
where discussions were held on
Agricultural problems aims plans
nnd accomplishments wero discussedTho whole theino of the meeting
was more and bettor uxtenslon
work designed to bring a fuller
and better life lo those engaged in
Agriculture
The meeting Is an annual uffalr
and Is nlways enjoyed because of
Its real value to Extension Agents
it you win bofore that date
Parents should cooporatu with
tho teachers and pupils in trying
lo make their attendance 100 percent
on both theso dnteu
Watch the Herald for announcements
and list ot prizes together
with the names of sponsoring merchants
nnd Tulia men in each Issue
of tho paper
Miss Gornldine Potter teacher In
the Hurkburnett schools visited
last week end in the home of her
cousin Mrs A Foy Curry Jr
and family
0
Clifton McClure made a b tness
trip lo Oklahoma City last week
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Engleman & Engleman. The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex), Vol. 27, No. 51, Ed. 1, Thursday, December 17, 1936, newspaper, December 17, 1936; Tulia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth42364/m1/1/: accessed April 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Swisher County Library.